C. J. Kayfus

Bats L Throws L5'11" 192 lbBorn 2001 Boca Raton, USADebut 2025Team CLEDraft 2023 R3 #93 Cleveland Guardians, Miami

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 85.1FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.22 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	224	199	47	10	1	7	20	62	3	0.238	0.314	0.405	0.719	0.167	0.315	27.5	8.9	99.3	0.68
2027	180	159	37	7	1	5	16	50	2	0.232	0.311	0.392	0.703	0.160	0.310	28.0	8.7	99.0	0.54

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 98 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Aubrey Huff	2000	88.7	72.5	434
2	Don Mincher	1961	95.2	137.6	157
3	Terry Francona	1982	92.9	68.4	238
4	Ben Taylor	1951	94.9	-23.2	18
5	Cecil Cooper	1973	84.0	100.1	454
6	Todd Helton	1997	91.8	117.3	595
7	Mike Laga	1983	88.2	228.3	12
8	Kevin Barker	1999	80.4	84.4	122
9	Mo Vaughn	1991	92.0	95.3	408
10	Randy Johnson	1982	93.0	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			180		37	7	1	5		2	16	50	0.232	0.311	0.392	0.703	99.0
2026*	CLE	9	25	4	4	1	0	1		0	2	8	0.182	0.280	0.364	0.644	79.9
2025	CLE	44	138	16	27	10	1	4	19	4	11	38	0.220	0.292	0.415	0.707	93.3
Career		44	138	16	27	10	1	4	19	4	11	38	0.220	0.292	0.415	0.707	93.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	25	92.8	24.1	21.4	50.0	37.9	34.5	0.169	0.427	0.304	27.4
2025	138	88.7	16.4	9.2	36.8	35.7	29.1	0.242	0.427	0.322	27.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	OF	29	205	47	0	0	0	1.000
2025	CLE	1B	17	112	91	6	2	11	0.980	+1.3

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	199	3 HR, 6 SB	0.240	0.705
2025	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	289	13 HR, 2 SB	0.283	0.893
2025	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	80	1 HR, 2 SB	0.364	1.066
2024	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	298	10 HR, 1 SB	0.263	0.836
2024	A+	Lake County Captains	Bat	183	7 HR, 4 SB	0.338	1.015
2023	A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Bat	77	4 HR, 5 SB	0.271	0.971

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.325	0.421	0.162
2025	0.261	0.323	0.263	0.368

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.167	0.286	0.167	0.452
Career	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.167	0.286	0.167	0.452